 TOLEDO: UT's Villegas involved in point-shaving scandal
UT's Villegas involved in point-shaving scandal
Wednesday, 06 Aug 2008
The gambling scandal at the University of Toledo is back as another athlete has been charged in a point-shaving scheme.
Former Rockets men's basketball player Sammy Villegas has been charged with one count of conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery.
A federal information document was filed at the end of June in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in Detroit.
In 2007 University of Toledo football player Harvey "Scooter" McDougle was also charged with a similar offense. However, those charges were dropped.
Investigators have given no indication that these two cases are related.
In a seven-page information document filed June 30, Villegas "did agree upon and carry into effect a 'point shaving' scheme to 'fix' University of Toledo Men's Basketball games during the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 basketball seasons."
Inside the seven-page information document, it specifically mentions a 2006 game against Mid-American Conference opponent Central Michigan University in while Villegas "during the game intentionally missed two free throw attempts."
(FOX Toledo's Brad Fanning, Shaun Hegarty, and Mike Thompson contributed to this report)  |